Legal Opinion
Grove Press, Inc. v. Evans
District Court, E.D. Virginia
Decided November 26, 1969No. Civ. A. 355-69-NPublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BUTZNER, Circuit Judge:
The owner and exhibitors of the motion picture film, “I Am Curious (Yellow),” seek a declaration that Virginia’s obscenity statutes are unconstitutional and an injunction restraining the Commonwealth’s Attorney and Chief of Police of the City of Virginia Beach, Virginia, from future prosecutions charging violation of the statutes. The exhibitors originally sued for return of the film, which the Chief of Police had seized, and for an injunction against a pending criminal prosecution. Judge Merhige, acting under 28 U.S.C. § 2284(3) and (5) granted a temporary restraining…
2Cases cited13 opinions
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- Smith v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1960
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3Cited by15 opinions
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